Obituary:
BEN R. CLOUD
Ben R. Cloud, 61, resident of the Old Kingsport section his entire life and one of the most widely known pioneers of this vicinity, died unexpectedly late yesterday afternoon of a heart attack.
Mr. Cloud had been active all his life and visited among friends in town yesterday.
He was a member of the Old Kingsport Presbyterian church and a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served throughout the conflict as a member of Company K. He was born across Holston river on property now known as the old Roller estate.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2?30 p.m. at Old Kingsport Presbyterian church with the Reverend W.H. McCorkle and the Reverend Hugh Ash, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment will be in Cloud's cemetery.
Mr. Cloud is survived by his widow, Nanie Ross Cloud, two sons, Sam and George, three daughters, Mrs. Walter Baumgardner, Misses Margaret and Jane Cloud, and one brother, Frank L. Cloud, all of Kingsport.
Active pall bearers will be Ben Dobyns, W.N. Showalter, Bruce Nelms, Henry Churchwell, Fred Marney and Iike (sic) Fleenor.
Honorary pall bearers will be Dr. G.G. Keener, L.C. Cox, E.W. Tipton, T.B. Yancey, A.D. Miller and D.W. Burgen, also W.R. Pyle, John Cloud, Robert Churchwell, H.L. Southard, D.C. Irving, C.P. Showalter, L.S. Ashwe=orth, C.E. Fleenor, Charlie Barrett, Charles Oliver, C.H. Rollins, Ben Arnold, Mike Baumgardner, James Bridwell, Alvin Crussell, J.E. Upchurch, D.C. Pierce,m Joe Churchwell, Tom Childress, Tip Childress, Charles Templeton, Mac McIntosh, C.E. Cox, H.E. Cox, Ed Leedy and Whit Churchwell.
The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, TN, Tuesday, March 21, 1939, p. 6.

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